Cigarette



Nov. 2 1926.

J. H. OAKES ET AL CIGARETTE Filed Sept. 15.

NIIIIIII-IIIIIIIII!1 Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES .PATENT oFFicE.

JOHN Hi OAKES AND PHILIP T. HAMM, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CIGARETTE.

Application led September 13, 1924. Serial No. 737,513.

This invention relates to a cigarette and its object is to provide suchan article which is so constructed that the same reduces tire hazard toa minimum` eliminates the maximuni amount ot' nicotine and avoids manyof the obnoxious after eil'ccts which i'ollou' the smoking ot'cigarettes as heretofore commonly manufactured.

In the accompanying dra\:ings:

Figure 1,l is a cigarette partly in side elevation and partly in sectionembodying our invention.

Figure 2, is a cross section on the correspondingly numbered line onFigure 1.

Figure 3, is an edge view of the end -disk arranged on the rear end ofthe tubular container of the cigarette.

Figures 4 and 5. are cross sections on the rorresi'iondingly numberedlines on Figure 1.

Figure 6, is an edge view of the perforated intermediate disk of thecigarette.

Figure 7, is a cross-section on line 7-7, Figure 1.

Similar characters ot reference indica-te like parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

The numeral 10 represents the tubular con tainer jacket or shell ot' thecigarette which may be constructed of any suitable combustible material,such as paper in the usual manner.

lVitliin the front part of this container is arranged a filling 11 otsmoking material such as tobacco in any suitable form which `is adaptedto be lighted at its front end and consumed by drawing air rearwardlythrough same in the ordinary7 Way. This filling terminates short of therear end of the container so as to form a chamber in the rear part ofthe same which is adapted to receive the elements constituting ourinvention.

At its rear end the filling of smoking material is engaged by anintermediate disk or partition 12 which is preferably constructed ofnon-combustible material, such as asbestos and which is of circular formso as to tit the bore of the tubular container and is also provided witha plurality of perforations 13 to permit the passage of smoketherethrough. In rear of this intermediate disk a filter roll 14 isarranged Within the container, which roll is made from a sheet otabsorbent material such as paper, gauze cloth or the like, this rollbeing Wound to a diameter equal to the bore of the container andarranged therein with its axis parallel thereto and the trout end ot'the vroll engaging the rear side of said intermediate disk. In additionto serving as a. filler this roll may be medicated or flavored with anydesiredmaterial to Suit the taste or demand ot' the smoker or consumer.

Arranged within the rear extremity or tip of the container is a reardisk or stopper 15 having a central hole 18 and which is preferablyconstructed of paper saturated with paratline. this disk engaging itsinner or front side with the rear end of said roll and the outer or rearside ot this disk being Hush, or substantially so with the rear end ofthe tubular container. This disk forms a stiff core which permits theteeth to obtain a goed hold on the cigarette.

After the several parts have been assembled in the manner abovedescribed the saine are sealed together so that the same Will not becomedismembercd by dipping the rear end or tip of the cigarette in meltedparat'- tine and thereby form a coat 16 on the outer side ot the reardisk and cement the saine in the container and also a coating 17 on therear peripheral surface of the container so that the lips ot the smokerWill not stick to the cigarette while holding the latter in Athe mouthand also coating the hole or bore 18 of the disk 15, so as to strengthenthe saine. The peripheral coating preferably extends forwardly an extentequal to the length of the filtering roll, thereby rendering this partof the container transparent and enabling' the smoker to observe theamount of discoloration which occurs in the filter due to the absorptionof nicotine therein when smoking the cigarette.

This invention may be embodied in cigarettes when the same areoriginally manufactured or the invention may be added to the cigarettesafter they are fully made up by removing a suiiicient quantity of t0-bacco from the rear end of the container to form a chamber in which toput the several elements of our construction.

A cigarette thus constructed will be autoniatically extinguished whenthe tobacco has burned u to the asbestos intermediate disk and also )yreason of the peripheral coating of para'line which will not bevaporized and rendered combustible by the low heat of the burningtobacco, thereby reducing to a minimum the possibility of causing tireby careless disposal of the cigarette before the same gers is prevented.

Furthermore this roll may be treated or flavored by any desiredmedicament or essence and thus serving to relieve some articular ailmentas well as rendering smo ing enjoyable and harmless and avoiding any ofthe obnoxious taste Vincident to smoking tobacco in the usual manner.

lVe claim as our invention:

A cigarette comprising a tubular container, a filling of smokingmaterial arranged in the front part of said container, a perforated diskof non-combustible material arranged in the container at the rear end ofsaid filling, a roll of filtering material arranged in the container inrear of said non-combustible disk, and forming a plurality 'of minutelongitudinal passages in the roll, a parafline saturated and perforateddisk arranged in the container at the rear end o'tl said roll, and acoating of paraline on the rear side and the bore of said paratlinesaturated and perforated disk and around the rear part of the periphery'of said container thereby cementing together the several members of thecigarette.

JOHN H. OAKES. PHILIP T. HAMM.

